Berita Arkib

01/05/2008 (Mongabay.com) - High palm oil prices have forced investors to shelve plans for biodiesel refineries, according to The Wall Street Journal.

01/05/2008 (Mongabay.com) - Last month\'s sustainability conference sponsored by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) revealed a rift between some planters and the industry marketing organization.

01/05/2008 (Gulf Daily News), Manama - Malaysian palm oil exports to Bahrain reached 986 metric tonnes (mt) last year, according to latest reports from the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC).

01/05/2008 (The Peninsula, Qatar), Doha - Palm Oil exports from Malaysia to Qatar have recorded significant growth last year underlining the potential of palm oil in Doha market.

30/04/2008 (Hawkeys Bay) - A thousand-fold rise in imports of a rainforest-destroying feed to prop up New Zealand's burgeoning dairy industry has huge implications for the country's clean and green brand, the Green Party says.

30/04/2008 (The Wall Street Journal). Jakarta, Indonesia - Plans to invest billions of dollars in biodiesel refineries across Southeast Asia have been put on hold as the prices of key raw ingredients -- particularly palm oil -- have shot up amid surging food demand in China and India.

30/04/2008 (The Wall Street Journal) - U.S. and European biofuel producers are singing the blues these days. But that’s nothing compared to the tsunami overwhelming Asian biofuel makers. The good news? There may actually be a silver lining to it all.

30/04/2008 (Trade Arabia News) - Malaysian Palm Oil exports to the UAE and Bahrain have registered a sharp rise last year, according to latest reports from the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC).

29/04/2008 (Reuters, UK), Jakarta - Indonesia state oil firm Pertamina has cut the biofuel blend in diesel fuel to 1 percent from 2.5 percent as rising palm oil prices and lack of incentives have cut margins, a company official said on Tuesday.

28/04/2008 (AllAfrica.com) - That palm oil production is yet another agricultural sector that remained untapped by Nigerian farmers is not in dispute. Oil from palm is used for virtually every thing. It is used for cooking, making soap and pomade etc.

29/04/2008 (Reuters, India) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose 1.1 percent on Monday as global vegetable prices climbed on the back of record crude oil prices, traders said.

28/04/2004 (The Jakarta Post) - The government will cut the crude palm oil (CPO) export duty for May to 15 percent, on a decline in the commodity price in the international market, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu says.